[Ads-l] Dude article in NY Times, Sunday

[Jonathan Lighter]

Congratulations, Jerry!

JL

On Sat, Mar 23, 2024 at 4:12 PM Stephen Goranson <goranson at duke.edu> wrote:

> I have a copy of the book, which eventually will likely go to a library.
> Worldcat today lists only one library holding it.
> Other libraries interested in lexicography may want to have it.
>
> sg
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> Cohen, Gerald Leonard <gcohen at MST.EDU>
> Sent: Saturday, March 23, 2024 3:49 PM
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> Subject: Dude article in NY Times, Sunday
>
> Dear ads-l members,
>
> I was interviewed a few days ago for a NY Times article
> on the word dude and am grateful to the journalist
> (Sarah Diamond) for the opportunity.  The dude topic
> is very broad, and the detailed book that Barry Popik, Peter
> Reitan and I wrote about it (2022) was limited to the first
> stage (1883 and shortly thereafter).
> The NY Times writer did a good job and accurately
> mentioned that a team (of researchers) worked on
> the dude project, but please let me now emphasize
> the critical role that Popik and Reitan played.  Each
> of us made important contributions to the topic over
> the years, disseminated first in working papers). I can say
> without hesitation that Popik and Reitan are both
> extraordinary researchers and deserve every bit
> of credit that may come their way.
>
> Gerald Cohen
> P.S. the link to the article (slated to appear tomorrow,
> Sunday) is
>
> https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/23/insider/hey-dude-whats-the-history-of-dude.html__;!!OToaGQ!urdEO3P1abmCucxy4nDkLXSjXmxRvL816ffCVnCp_M64CPCEPkNp_5_d9VTHaAaWNTUGdI5GwA3fwzI$
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